His family died in a fire and he wants to build a new house close to the site? That alone seems unusual to me, knowing of a few similar deaths in my area. The survivors moved away because they couldn't suffer any reminders of the terrible thing that happened. This guy is just unreal, I think he killed them just to set his retarded theme park plan in motion. A true sicko.

*"The 66-year-old said the fire and the loss of 11 of his family members was not a terrible coincidence."

* followers lived in, also died in the fire, the day before they were about to leave.

* quote: "They [were] included in the people that God chose to become his people in heaven,"

*man hopes that more people will be attracted to his church

conclusion: delusional psycopath with pyromaniac tendencies started a cult and killed off everyone when some started to grow desillusioned with his practices. now he is sarting over. now let's see if the Aussies have the same level of deductive reasoning.

I feel sorry for this man, and I really do. I hope that this is just a coping mechanism. I'm worried that this will turn into something much worse, and he'll start showing people to it, or he'll be exploited in his vulnerable state by self-proclaimed spiritualists.

The thing is, there is a lot of religious fundamentalism in Queensland (Brisbane's state) and it's of the 'soft' type, i.e. it looks like the gentle Anglican sort of religion, for the most part. This is because a large part of the public there is fairly religious, so it can tie in easily, and snare people easily.

Honestly, after watching all this on the news...I really do think this poor bloke is just trying to make it seem better. That his family was sent straight to heaven through that fire. Fundie yes. But just a sad, sad version of one.